“When God's hand is bent to strike, it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God; but to fall out of the hands of the living God is a horror beyond our expression, beyond our imagination.”

—  John Donne

No. 76 http://books.google.com/books?id=eypXAAAAYAAJ&amp;q=%22When+God&#x27;s+hand+is+bent+to+strike+it+is+a+fearful+thing+to+fall+into+the+hands+of+the+living+God+but+to+fall+out+of+the+hands+of+the+living+God+is+a+horror+beyond+our+expression+beyond+our+imagination%22&amp;pg=PA386#v=onepage, preached at Sion to The Earl of Carlisle and company (c. 1622) <br class="br">LXXX Sermons (1640)

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English poet 1572–1631

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